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Get Wis^onp aip^ n^acate. 



A POEM, 

Double Acrostic. 



Each Stanza CDntaining K Living Eeitl. 



BY 

JOHN GALYlD^fil^laMS. 



New Lebanon, Ohio: 

Published by the Author. 

1885. 



Get Wis^on^ ^9^ n^ac'ate. 



A POEM, 

Doable jA-crostic". 



Each stanza CnntaiTiiiig A Living Geni, 



BY 

JOHN GALYID fi^lGHS. 






New Lebanon, Ohio: 

Pty blished by th e ~Au th or. 

1885. 



(Jopyrigbt, 1885, 
By John Calvin Bright. 



ff^fifAGfi 



Expecting 

Counsel, Courage 

Accurate, And 

Por Fortitude 

Entirely CATCH ME ^ver 

Reading Remarkable, 

Persons Perhaps, 

Reading \f YOU Ci\N. ^^^^^^^^ 

Examining, Encouragement 

From For 

Accrue, Actual 

Can, Contest 

Endless, 

John Calvin Bright. 

Easter Monday, 1885. 



De^icatioi^. 



DEmCATEn 

TD ilLL LDYERS 

-DF- 

WISDDM AND EnUCATIDN, 

BY THE AITTHDR. 

JOHN CALYIN BRIGHT. 



Get Wisdom and Educate, 



SIGHT, 



* Get wisdom and educate. 
Employ all thy strength toward 
The perfecting of, for you, 
While combating with the ac- 
id trials and labors, yea. 
Severe tasks of earth sin-girt, 
Defense. Oh, well train the eye! 
Operate, scrutinize, a- 
Midst all the obstacles, an- 
Alyze with due care myriad, 
Nay, numberless wonders; bring, • 
Devotedly, all to the 
Eternal Creator. Light 
Descends from His Hand; and how 
Unwearied the windows (I 
Call them) of the soul, let, yes. 
Ask it to enter the mind. 
Thus well assisting thee to 
Educate and get wisdom. • 



* Solomon. 



GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 



SIGHT. 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Exult with thy heart, for God 
Thine eyes has unclosed, that thou 
^Without the least stint, may lic- 
Itly apprehend, with a 
Sweet transport, the beauties that 
Deline His ^ great 'excellence. 
Oh, let thy light-houses a- 
Mid the obscurities, an 
■ Aberrant dark sphere attend, 
Neglect not the opening. 
Distinctly, of all that the 
Exterior world present! 
Devotedly ^ labor, show 
Unbending attention (I 
Command) with thy living eyes, 
As thy bright days roll onward, 
That thou *^no chances lose to 
Educate and get wisdom. 

♦Common Proverb. 



GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 



HEARING. 



Get wisdom and educate, 
Exert thy quick ears, the grand 
Tel'phones of the mind, giv'n you. 
Wherewith to enjoy with doc- 
Ity on a solid ba- 
sis, harmonies grand and sweet 
Delightful and valu'ble. 

Oh, make thy tympanums a- 
Mass these great treasures; an- 
Alyze their intrinsic and 
Nutritious importance; cling 
Devoutly to all of the 
Essential instructions, that 
Develop 'thyself; and *^kxow, 
Unless they are stamped suffi- 
cient deep on thy memory's 
Accurate page, and there held 
Tightly, they'll never help to 
Educate and get wisdom! 



« Solon. 



GET WISDOM AND EDUCATION. 



HEARING, 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Exclude from thy *ears the word 
Traducent, profane. In lieu, 
Without a delay illic- 
it, welcome the truth, and rea- 
son's maxims; conclusions ^that 
Determine the right, and the 
Obvious principles a 
Man may with safety attain. 
Attentively ^hear all God 
Necessitates thee, to bring 
Deliverance from all the 
Emergencies *^He ^hath sent. 
Decide ^to ''hear ^him, and show 
Unfailing respect, effi- 
cient love to His Holy Books, 
And ^LET thy memory aid 
Thee to complete the work — to 
Educate and get wisdom. 

■"Bible. 



GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 



TASTE, 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Educe from the blessings God 
Throws into thy path, show'rs you 
With daily, the hygi'nic, 
Invigorous strength, eva- 
sive of Bacchanahs repast. 
Deceive not thyself, because 
Onerous duties wait a- 
Mid the great work, uneven 
Ascent of thy life.-demand 
Nice care. As, then, ev'rything 
Distribute by this sense 
Exerts a great power, let 
Discretion be used, for how 
Unbending's the influ'ence (I 
*^Consider) this organ has. 
Advocate, then, to ^the ^end, 
Truth's hygienic, and so 
Educate and get wisdom. 



•Chilo. 



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TASTE^ 



Get wisdum and educate- 
Extract from all climes the good 
Terrestial, so that thou 
Will have a pure temple tac- 
itly by it teaching a 
Supremacy over what 
Deranges the appetite. 

Oh ^-i^^TOUCH 'not, ^handle 'not, a- 
Midst the excitement of an 
Aspiring and restless world, 
'Ny substance designed to bring 
Destruction and woe to thee! 
Examine with care all that 
Delighteth thy 'taste, and show 
Unyielding respect, effi- 
cient honor to all the laws 
As hygienic are held ; 
Thus *not to check the work— to 
Educate and get wisdom. 



*BlBLE. 



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SMELL. 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Exhalents arise, the good, 
Transcendent, and pure, for you 
Without the least doubt implic- 
itly to enjoy. Persua- 
sively thy olfactor treat. 
Denying it none of the 

Odors refreshing that a 

Mate 'Opportunity, in 
Appreciable and good. 
No pains should thou spare to bring 
Desirable fragrance — the 
Essential constituent — 
Directly to ^thy use. *^Know 
Unusual care, suffi- 
cient watching, so that the fumes, 

As from the still they proceed. 

Tear not thy efforts down to 

Educate and get wisdom. 



*PlTTACUS. 



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SMELL 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Exclude from thy nostrils and 
Thy lungs, every thing that you, 
While laboring hard with lic- 
it efforts to ^-i^'GATHER a 

Secure store of wisdom that 
Does fit thee to educate, 
Obviously impairs, a- 
Midst the great duties that an 
Assuming fast age demand 
Nice care as thou pass along. 
Direct ^iN-to ^them the pure, 
Essential ambrosial, that 
Delight all thy veins, bestow 
Unfeigned and great strength, effi- 
cient power for all thy works, • — - 
Active and powerful and 
Tangible element to 
Educate and get wisdom. 



^Common Chorus. 



GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 



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FEELING; 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Endeavor with all the grand 
Thread-work that's pervading you. 
Within and throughout, the tac- 
In monitor guardian —a 
Swift messenger for the light, 
Destruction, and peace, and woe. 
Openly, secretly, a- 
Mid the commotions of 'men 
Assumptively good and 'bad. 
Neglecting not joy to bring, 
Delivering it to the 
Extreme and *'most quiet part, 
Deceiving thee not ; grief, how 
Unable the secret (I 
Conclude) the great crowd of nerves 
^Are to retain ; and all grand 
Thoughts by them spread, received — to 
Educate and get wisdom. 



;=BiAs 



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FEELING, 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Effect by this sense, the "Lord 
Though servent of all," what thou 
Will fail with the rest. Elic- 
it by its entwining, rea- 
soning, and great power, that 
Directs all the others, the 

Obstacles which thou need^ a- AVUP-t^ 

Mid all tbe labors which an 
Assuming, unprincipled, 
Nay, merciless world belong. 
Detect by the many, the 
Exact and quick nerves, all that 
Devotion to truth and law. 
Unfailingly bring — effi- 
cient aid and protection, bliss 

Actual, knowledge profound. 

Training remarkable. 0, 

Educate and get wisdom. 



*Calvin. 



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ALL THE SENSES, 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Examine with care the world 
Throughout, with the means giv'n you, 
With faculties, these public. 
^Impossible 't4s ^to rea- 
son, lead to the mind, without 
Depending upon their use. 

Only and wholly. And a 

Mighty, as well as contin- 
'Al effort should thou extend; 
No ^INDUSTRY and %o-thing 
Discreet should thou spare; that the 
Estatic enjoyment that 
Distinguish thee, and bestow 
Unusual force, profi- 
cient power in all thy ways. 

Augur success, may reward 

Thee in thy diligence to 

Educate and get wisdom. 



*Periandee. 



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ALL THE SENSES. 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Elect by these senses, and" 
Triumphantly use, all thou 
Will need to thyself fit lic- 
Itly, to transact well, sea- 
sonably, the business that 
Devolve without doubt on thee, 

Of a *^NECESSITY. A 

Magical power often 
Abused have these organs. And 
^ No virtue and ev'ry thing 
Devised, ev'ry ^law and the 
Entire education that 
Distinguish thee, but show. 
Unboundedly, the suffi- 
ciency of these faculties. 

All the great powers ^know(s) and 
Them all employ to help to 
Educate and get wisdom. 



*CoMMON Proverb. 



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THE TONGUE. 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Extreme be thy watching and 
Thy care that in prudence thou 
With all thy temptations ac- 
id tri'ls forget not to sea- 
Son gracefully all thy thought 
Delivered. Let kindness, ^the 
Oil ^OF law, gentleness, a 
Mild and invalu'ble, an 
Associate heav'nly, lend 
No little invig'rating, 
Decided refulgence — the 
Ethereal element ; — 
Dear ^suretyship bestow, 
' Unusual; cause suffi- 
cient ^RUiN to all thy foes; 
And a *precurser be, and 
Truthful expositor to 
Educate and get wisdom. 



Thales. 



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THE TONGUE. 



Get wisdom and educate. 
^Excess in thy speech -''^ avoid. 
Thy tongue, the great power thou 
Wield, worthily and explic- 
itly use. Distill in sea- 
Son and with success, the light, 
Devotion to truth, alone, 
Opens to ev'ry one, — a 
Magnetism causing a san- 
Ative, irresistive, and 
Nutritious result. And strong 
Deductions from prem'ses the 
Expressions of which can not 
Denied by none be, thou blow^. 
Until They're accepted. I- 
Cy language avoid. It show^s 
Adamantean heart, and 
Thought not conducible to 
Educate and get wisdom. 

Cleobulus, 



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WISDOM OR WEALTH, 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Essay not to live for gold, 
Thy *^ MILLIONS may perish thou 
Work slavishly ^for. Rapac- 
ity knows no bounds, unrea- 
sonable and arrogant,- 
Devoid of the finer, the 
Obvious feelings that a 
Man with the image of an 
Almighty Creator should, 
May, must have. *But anything 
^Defense may suggest, require, 
Expect, thou should ^not *^one 'cent 
Deny. But with freedom show 
Unusual grace, profi- 
cient training ""for happiness. 
Actual, real, and thus spend 
^Tribute and principal to 
Educate and get wisdom. 



*PlCKNEY. 



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WISDOM OR WEALTH, 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Extol far above th}^ gold, 
*^The traits that belong to you 
Without any doubt. Implic- 
it trust in thy * money, trea- 
son is to thy Maker. Let 
Discretion control thy 'love. 
Obsequies claim all wealth. A 
Monument infinite, an 
Authentical sign ^op" God, 
Necessitating all strong 
Deductions ®of truth to thee 
Essential, ^is wisdom that 
Devoutly inclines to bow, 
Until ''all •'the ^''evil (I 
Conclude) is out-'^ ROOT-ed. Yes, 
Actuated and controlled 
Thus, to thy work proceed to 
Educate and get wisdom. 



* Bible. 



GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 



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WISDOM OR FAME. 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Excessive desire attend 
Thee all the day long that thou 
Win fame's fading crown. Capac- 
ity 'have ^-^^Sve ^met for trea- 
sonable ambition ? that 
Demoniac, who, because 
Opposites bow do not a- 
Mid *THE engagements of an 
Austere world, becomes enraged. 
No ^ ENEMY is so stroug. 
Deceitful as envy, the 
Extract of ambition. It 
Destroys friendships sweet; 'they show. 
Unfailingly, that his I- 
Cy touch paralizes ^ours. 
^Are Ave not ready to spend, 
Thoroughly, all our time to 
Educate ^and get wisdom? 



* Pekry. 



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WISDOM OR FAME, 

Get wisdom and educate. 
Emphatic attempts to hold 
Thyself from the height which thoiV 
^WiLL find thee enticed illic- 
itly, should thou make. Unrea- 
sonable ambition, that 
Dethrones all the race from the 
Opulence, Happiness a 
^Mighty Creator has in 
A state of Protection ! * And 
No ^truth's so encouraging, 
Discounted, as this : That the 
Eternal Preserver that 
Directs both above, below, 
Until all that 'is defi- 
cient shall be perfected, says : 
Ask thou for wisdom — by and 
Through it thou shall ^prevail. 0, 
Educate and get wisdom ! 

* Bible. 



GET WISDOM AND EDUCATE. 



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EXAMPLES. 



Get wisdom and educate. 
Examples of ^this the world 
Throughout her great record, thou 
Will find, has presented. Lic- 
^^It labors, and earnest, rea- 
sonable endeavors brought 
Distinctly to notice the 
Orators, statesmen, and a 
Mighty array of those an- 
Alyzers of all the world. 
Nay, universe — ev'ry thing. 
Devote all thy ^* summer, the 
Expanding resources, that 
Develop, 'pRoposE 'to show. 
Unroll the mind's strength, ^^f C-^^^i 
Command) ^it « out-' line success. 
Ably * FIGHT 'ON, and work, and 
intake sure swift courage, ''all to 
Educate and get wisdom. 



* Grant. 



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EXAMPLES. 



• Get wisdom and educate. 
Examples I still append, 
That courage essential thou 
Will have to proceed with lic- 

• It efforts to gain, what a 

Sweet consciousness craves, with that 
Desire, *^ first, which lives ^^of thee. 
Onorous duties, ^ first, a 
Multitude have performed ^in 
A "^PEACE-able way. Attained 
None have without suffering 
Determined -in Mvar, all the 
Experience "and delight 
Depainted ^in wisdom's law. 
Until, ^* countrymen, defi- 
ciencies remove from our "hearts 
Are, we should ask ^"the great God, 
To "His strength share, ^ first, last. 0, 
Educate and get wisdom ! 

* Of Washington. 



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